Most of the food and drink ads — a full 86 percent of them — featured products high in saturated fat, sugar or salt.

Dec 20, 2004 1:39 PM. ... preschoolers can’t even differentiate between the programming and the commercials. Kids under 8 don’t understand the idea that ads have persuasive intent.

You’ve just yanked your child off the school bus, thrown a snack in his lap and are bumper-to-bumper on the expressway to get him to a 4:45 p.m. audition for a television commercial. After a … ...

Have food and beverage commercials aimed at kids gotten better since companies like Kellogg’s, Nestle, Coca-Colo Co. and McDonald’s Corp. pledged to cut back on ads featuring unhealthy fare ...